Cab Rides to Nowhere

As frequent visitors to New York City, my husband and I have taken taxis to and from Kennedy Airport many times. Recently, we had very bad experiences with these cab rides, and the reason is now clear from this article.

On one trip, we were involved in a terrifying incident of road rage, and on two separate trips the drivers didn’t know how to get to Kennedy from Manhattan, and their GPS directions resulted in our being lost in Queens.

On the second of these trips, it became clear that the driver didn’t have much experience behind the wheel and certainly could not understand the directions from the taxi’s GPS. We got to the airport only by instructing the driver from my own GPS.

So on our latest visit, we took public transportation from Manhattan to Kennedy. While this took us about an hour longer, at least we didn’t fear for our safety.